期刊论文

Liu, Yong

英文

Frontiers in Psychology

1664-1078

2020

11

543152

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01271

National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81771448, 81503276]; Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNatural Science Foundation of Hunan Province [2018JJ2580, 2018JJ3387, 2015JJ4069]; Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education DepartmentHunan Provincial Education Department [15C1044]; Innovative Project for College Students in Hunan Province [2017-310]; Hunan University of Chinese Medicine; First-class Discipline Construction Project of basic medicine in 13th Five-Year Plan of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine [06]; traditional Chinese Medicine Scientific Research Project of Hunan Province [2015109]

本校为第一机构

Objectives Cytokine activation and low complement levels are common in depression patients. This study is aimed at investigating the clinical significance of changes in serum concentrations of melatonin (MT), interleukin-6 (IL-6), homocysteine (hcy), and complement C3 and C4 in depression patients and relationships of them with depression activity. Methods A total of 95 depression patients, including first-episode group (n= 43) and recurrent group (n= 52), and 45 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HC) were recruited. Serum levels of MT, IL-6, hcy, C3, and C4 in all samples were measured...